Arbeia
Arbeia was a large Roman fort in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, now ruined, and which has been partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman fort and museum in South Shields, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum”, “Arbeia South Shields Roman Fort”, “Castra Arbeia”, “Roman fort, South Shields”, and “South Shields Roman fort”
- Address: South Shields
Photo: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fish Quay Low Light and Herd Groyne Lighthouse.
Fish Quay Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The High and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in North Shields, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive: the older pair date from 1727 and were operational until 1810; the newer pair then took over, remaining in use until 1999. Fish Quay Low Light is situated 1,900 feet north of Arbeia.
Herd Groyne Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Shields is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages. Herd Groyne Lighthouse is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Arbeia.
Fish Quay Old High Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The High and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in North Shields, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive: the older pair date from 1727 and were operational until 1810; the newer pair then took over, remaining in use until 1999. Fish Quay Old High Light is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Arbeia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Shields and North Shields.
South Shields
Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Shields is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.
North Shields
Town
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Shields is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is 8 miles north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth.
Tynemouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tynemouth is a large town in Tyne and Wear in northeast England, nine miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It's the largest of a series of towns on the north bank of the Tyne estuary, running into North Shields to the west and Cullercoats to the north, also described on this page.
Arbeia
- Categories: castrum, military museum, local authority museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.00431° or 55° 0′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.43111° or 1° 25′ 52″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Operator
Tyne & Wear Archives & MuseumsOpen location code
9C7W2H39+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 400296957OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteGeoNames ID
7932555Wikidata ID
Q1131391
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Arbeia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة عربية الرومانية”
- Basque: “Arbeiako erromatar gotorlekua”
- Basque: “Arbeiako erromatar kanpalekua”
- Basque: “Castra Arbeia”
- Cebuano: “Arbeia Roman fort”
- Czech: “Arbeia”
- Dutch: “Arbeia (South Shields)”
- Dutch: “Arbeia”
- Dutch: “Castra Arbeia”
- Finnish: “Arbeia”
- French: “Arbeia”
- German: “Arbeia”
- German: “Kastell Arbeia”
- Irish: “Arbeia”
- Italian: “Arbeia”
- Latin: “Arbeia”
- Spanish: “Arbeia”
- Spanish: “Castra Arbeia”
- Swedish: “Arbeia Roman fort”
- Urdu: “قلعہ عربیہ”
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